this massive increase in government spending. where does the minus come from if they want to increase spending by that much? this was the scene today in a place called van meter, iowa. just outside des moines. this is what greeted mitt romney today as he campaigned. fight big banks, not big bird. 99% of cookies are eaten by 1% of monsters. make wall street pay, not "sesame street". members of an iowa citizens group dressed in sesame street costumes. they were at a romney event today to protest -- actually, more to just laugh at his suggestion that his plan to cut the deficit is to cut off funding for pbs. this has become a full-fledged thing in the campaign now. the obama campaign today releasing this 30-second ad specifically on the issue of big bird. it's a sarcastic ad hitting mitt romney for being tough enough to take on this yellow-feathered fellow. and president obama has now fully incorporated the big bird line into his stump speech. >> for all you moms and kids out there, you should have confidence that finally somebody i